| hosteler | 1. The keeper of a hostel or inn. 2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. See: Hostel, and cf. Hostler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hostelry | An inn; a lodging house. "Homely brought up in a rude hostelry." . "Come with me to the hostelry." (Longfellow) Origin: OE. Hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. Hostelerie, fr. Hostel. See Hostel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hostess | 1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. 2. A woman who entertains guests for compensation; a female innkeeper. Origin: OE. Hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hostess-ship | The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hostile | Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change. Synonym: Warlike, inimical, unfriendly, antagonistic, opposed, adverse, opposite, contrary, repugnant. Origin: L. Hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. Hostile. See Host an army. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hostility | Tendency to feel anger toward and to seek to inflict harm upon a person or group. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hostler | 1. An innkeeper. See Hosteler. 2. The person who has the care of horses at an inn or stable; hence, any one who takes care of horses; a groom; so called because the innkeeper formerly attended to this duty in person. 3. The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip. Origin: OE. Hosteler, osteler, innkeeper, OF. Hostelier, F. Hotelier. See Hostel, and cf. Hospitaler, Hosteler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hostry | 1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. 2. A stable for horses. Origin: OE. Hosterie, osterie, OF. Hosterie. See Host a landlord. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |